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Post by jka12002 on Dec 5, 2012 1:29:14 GMT -5
There was a youtube comment talking about this and i kinda agree with the facts that he based his claim on. If you watch the scene carefully it looks like Steven was trying to get back to Fran despite being one of the undead now, he just ended up catching attention of the other zombies along the way.
Plus he was the only zombie that closed a door when entering another room, almost like he was trying to keep the others out.
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Post by UndeadNed on Dec 6, 2012 19:08:57 GMT -5
Interesting theory Jak I never really looked at it from that perspective. Personally I think its just a case of what Steven said earlier with Fran and nothing out of the ordinary
The hidden safe room was an important place in his life, it was a refuge and a home for the 3 of them. I'm not sure of how much time had elapsed between when they had first arrived and the mall invasion, but it seemed like a lot. I can imagine Peter, Fran and Steve would've become so familiar with the layout of the mall and the route to the safe room that they could probably do it all in their sleeps or easily in a zombified state since it would be so ingrained in their subconscious. Its like always taking the same route home from work. After a while you can just go on auto-pilot, and no longer have to think about the turns you have to make.
If we also take the instincts and memories aspect further, the whole closing doors behind him could just be a bit of muscle memory or a reflex action. I know I do similar things all the time around the house for instance without even consciously thinking about them. So to me we're just seeing Stephen on Auto-pilot.
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Post by UndeadNed on Dec 6, 2012 19:56:06 GMT -5
Also on the topic of "Good" Zombies, I'm not sure they exist or at least naturally occuring ones don't. They seem to fit into the category of either Malevolent or Neutral. The vast majority seem to fall under the Malevolent category where they'll pursue or attack a human on sight; whilst only a rare few fall under the neutral category those zombies who seem more interested in an object or something nearby then the humans in their presence. So far the only examples of Neutral zombies I can think of are the M-16 Zombie who is forever mesmerized by looking down the barrell of a rifle, Fisher's Car Zombie ^*("I once saw one of those things sitting in car trying to drive down 5th Avenue. It didn't make me want to be its friend") and the *Gardener zombie in Land of the Dead Cholo shoots. Bub and Big Daddy wouldn't exactly qualify as "good" zombies in my book. Bub certainly displayed benevolent behaviour towards the science team and soldiers, but only after a lot of training and coaching from Dr. Logan. If you remember the first time we see Bub he lunges at Sarah and gives her quite a fright thus I wouldn't consider him a naturally occuring "good" zombie. As for Big Daddy he would only be a good zombie in the sense that he cares for the existence of the other zombies around him, and is saddened and angered at any harm brought to them. When we first see him at the gas shop he growls at the presence of the Fiddler's Green Scavengers and alerts the other zombies around him to their presence. Then he leads his troop of zombies in a bloody revenge attack against the citizens of Fiddlers Green. Not exactly the mark of a good zombie in my books.
Basically the point I'm trying to make is that Stephen can't be a good zombie because we haven't seen any other zombies in the franchise that have shown that can be so. If it were the case surely we would see more examples of them when the populations of zombies multiply. All recently re-animated dead bodies show no signs of humanity, and all attack humans on sight unless they've been trained or there's something they become fixated on. Just my 2 cents
^not sure of the exact quote, but something like that.
*Also I'm just assuming the zombies were aware of Fisher's and Dead Reckoning's presences but were more fixated on the car and Lawn Mower.
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